YouTube is making a change to its impersonation policy in order to combat rising misrepresentation and impersonation in the app. The updated rules will require fan channels to clearly state that they are not affiliated with the entity that they’re supporting. As explained by YouTube: “If you operate a fan channel, make sure you state […]
A bank social media policy is essential for any financial institution to protect against legal and reputational risks. Inappropriate employee, customer, or vendor posts can severely damage a bank’s reputation and result in regulatory fees – as can financial misinformation, poor customer service responses, and violations of customer privacy. Creating an effective bank social media […]
For the original iTunes version, click here. This week we had yet another unconfirmed Google search ranking update in the middle of the week. The Google Search Generative Experience AI snapshot answers are now twice as fast. Most SEOs seem unimpressed by the new Google Search Generative Experience. Google News Showcase is coming to the […]
Google has updated its Google Ads healthcare and medicines policy, specifically around animal medications. Google said it clarified the restrictions around prescription animal medications that are not prone to human abuse or other misuses. Google explained that advertisers could currently use a small set of pre-approved prescription animal drug terms in ads targeting personalized advertising […]
Google sent out mass policy violation notices to some Local Service Ads advertisers. The notice is being sent via email and the subject line reads, “Your account has policy violations that need to be resolved.” Google is giving these advertisers until June 12th to resolve the issue. It is unclear if this notice was a […]
Google has extended the Google Ads Government documents and official services policy for several weeks, from March 31, 2023, to May 24, 2023. This was previously announced in late January, and we covered itbut now Google made two changes to that announcement. The two changes include: Extending the enforcement date from March 31, 2023 to […]
Last November Google introduced a new catchall search spam policy named policy circumvention. That spam policy was listed to be able to take action on sites that bypass the other Google spam policies through other means. Well today, Google has updated that spam policy to simplify the wording based on user feedback of the policy. […]
Google will update its Google Advertising policies to disallow the promotion of content or engage in behavior that risks harm to Google users, Google employees, or the Google Ads ecosystem. If you do this, Google can restrict or block your ads or suspend your Google Ads account. This will go into effect on February 21, […]
Google posted an updated policy update in the Google Merchant Center section for a new “linked account suspension.” In short, this impacts a suspended Google Ads account linked to your Merchant Center account. Google posted, that they have updated its abuse of the network policy. Google wrote, “We’ve updated our prohibited practices to include a […]
Google probably did yet another weekend search ranking algorithm update, I see a pattern here. Google’s Hyung-Jin Kim said EAT is used for all queries, not just YMYL. Google documented its notable search updates, they now call systems, even some of the retired ones. Google has a new spam policy for those who circumvent other […]